Citrus Brioche Rolls

I used plain flour, sugar, melted butter, grated lemon ring, mixed friuts, yeast and a little milk......glazed with egg and sprinkled with sugar. Enjoy warm with your favourite Jam!




Moon This Morning

Wholemeal Baps

Just a quick invention of my own,
Whole meal flour, olive oil, yeast, water and salt. I added some sun dried tomatoes and green olives but there was not many so they don't really show. Glazed with egg and topped with sesame seeds.

See other bread recipes for more details on baking bread!

Healthy Oat & Honey Snack

1/4 cup of sesame seeds
1 cup toasted oats
3 cups rice bubbles (Rice Crisp's , UK)
1/2 cup coconut
1/4 cup sunflower seed kernels
125g butter
1/3 honey
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup raw sugar
what to do?
Line a lamington pan with grease proof paper. Toast the sesame seeds and oats on an oven tray for about 5 mins. Cool to room Temperature. Combine Oats, Rice bubbles, coconut, sunflower and sesame seeds in a bowl. Combine butter, honey , peanut butter and sugar in a sauce pan, stirring constantly not allowing it to boil. Until the butter is melted and sugar dissolved. Bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer uncovered for a little longer then stir it into the dry ingredients. Press into the prepared pan, refrigerate until set before cutting. i pooped it into the freezer for a bit to speed things up.

These are great snacks for the kids and lunch boxes!

Apple Cake

Apple Cake
you will need;
185g butter
2 Tsp grated lemon rind
2/3 cup sugar
1 Cup Self Raising flour
1/2 cup of plain flour
1/3 cup milk
2 Apples
2 Tsp water
2 Tsp strained Apricot Jam
A sprinkle of All Spice (optional)
what to do?
Grease a 20cm springform pan. Cream the butter, rind and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beat until combined.
Transfer the mixture and add the flours and milk. Spread into the prepared pan.


Peel the Apples and cut them into 1/4 remove the cores. Make lengthways cuts into round sides of 1/4 cutting about three quarters of the way through. arrange the quarters , around the edge of the cake (see picture). Bake for about 1 hour.

In a pan add the jam and water, simmer until smooth, spread mixture over hot cake. Allow to cool. Better eaten warm!


My Granny Smiths Apples were very acidity by adding the All Spice it seems to have rid some of that tangy taste!

Toad In The Hole

What a lovely dish it's a simply wonderful creation from the humble origins of British cooking. Definitely one of the finest English creations around. Toad in the hole recipe is real comfort food, it's so easy to make and costs very little for a huge serving. It also great for vegetarians, as you can swap any meat sausage for a vegetarian option. Oh just to note it does not involve frogs or toads as my children thought!

Toad In The Hole Ingredients:
Serves 2

1 large Egg

3 heaped tablespoons of Plain Flour

5 tablespoons of Milk

Pinch of Salt

4 or more Sausages of choice

1 teaspoon of oil (I use olive)
How To Make Toad In The Hole
Preheat oven to 230 C / 450 F / Gas 8
Put sausages (and oil if the sausages aren't fatty) into a baking dish (I use a pyrex dish lid) and put into the preheated oven
They will need to cook for 8-10 minutes
Meanwhile...

Break the egg into a jug
Add a pinch of Salt and whisk
Add the Flour and the Milk
Whisk together
You want a smooth consistency that will pour easily, but isn't runny

If the consistency isn't right, add more Flour to thicken, or Milk to thin

Put mixture into the fridge until needed
Once the 8-10 minutes are up, carefully take the dish from the oven and add the batter mix
Cook for 20 minutes
You now have a fully risen Toad In The Hole
Serve with steamed veg of your choice , mashed pot's and Gravy!

Quick fix

I was feeling a little low this a few evenings ago and needed a quick fix , I made this for the jar that had been sitting empty for days!


Took just under 20 mins

My Garden

In pictures!

Chilli Plant



Sweet Corn and Beets

Lemon mint




Matches the wellies!
Flowers i got as gifts this Eid

Cup Cake Therapy

I finally got to sample the cakes at this really cute Retro Cafe If your are in town i suggest a visit. After a difficult and frustrating morning this is just what i needed to get me on track again , with a dear friend of course!
See for yourself


Not a coffee drinker but a LATTE was need that day!



The most moistest crumbliest lemon cake i have ever had.

Hexagon attempt

Now these look really pretty in plae shades of pinks and purples, they remind me of a sheet, the soft yet sturdy look. I saw these here and knew i would never be able to master these well i did try here but it was not quite right so recently i had another attempt hence my latest WIP

here is my first one, i would love your opinion hooking ladies?


I am hoping to make a cushion for my Dd soon to be 8yrs old. As they all got one sofar and she wants.